What A Levels Do You Need for Software Engineering?
What A Levels help most for software engineering in the UK? This guide covers Maths, where Computer Science helps, and routes beyond a perfect set.
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Front‑end development is where product intent becomes the interface people actually use. My writing approaches it as engineering rather than surface decoration, with attention to browser behaviour and code that remains accessible, fast, and safe for a team to change.
What A Levels Do You Need for Software Engineering? 
How to Handle Multiple Named Exports in One JavaScript File. How to Handle Multiple Named Exports in One JavaScript File
A simple explanation about how to handle multiple named exports from a single JavaScript file; an essential piece of knowledge when developing modern websites.
Why Remote Work Did Not Make Brighton Web Developers Less Local. Why Remote Work Did Not Make Brighton Web Developers Less Local
Remote work changed how Brighton web developers collaborate, build trust, support clients, and use local expertise without being limited by geography.
Using CSS Logical Properties for Direction‑Aware Layouts. Using CSS Logical Properties for Direction‑Aware Layouts
Use CSS logical properties for LTR, RTL, and vertical layouts. Map block and inline axes, position components, order fallbacks, and verify support.
How to Import All Named Exports from a JavaScript File. How to Import All Named Exports from a JavaScript File
Import all named exports from a JavaScript module with namespace or explicit named imports, including how each approach handles default exports.
Check If a String Contains Only Whitespace with JavaScript. Check If a String Contains Only Whitespace with JavaScript
Determining whether an input in your application consists of only whitespace needn't be a particularly difficult or complex task. trim() or regex will work!
Keeping Gatsby Build Times Under Control. Keeping Gatsby Build Times Under Control
How to keep Gatsby build times under control by managing data volume, image work, plugins, GraphQL queries, caching, and deployment expectations.
Higher‑Order Functions in JavaScript. Higher‑Order Functions in JavaScript
Higher‑order functions in JavaScript take functions as arguments or return them. Here, I explore their benefits, common use cases, and practical examples.
Improve Page Performance with content-visibility. Improve Page Performance with
content-visibilityUsing the CSS content‑visibility property, we can control when and how an element's content is rendered by the browser.
Resolving mini-css-extract-plugin Warnings in Gatsby. Resolving
mini-css-extract-pluginWarnings in GatsbySeeing Conflicting Order warnings in your Terminal whilst building your Gatsby project is not uncommon, but fortunately is very easy to fix (or suppress) too.
The End of Internet Explorer. The End of Internet Explorer
Today marks a linchpin moment in web development, and especially front‑end development. Microsoft has formally retired their long‑standing, divisive browser.
Using Container Queries in CSS. Using Container Queries in CSS
Learn how CSS container queries apply styles according to a parent container's size, with @container examples, fallbacks and current support context.
Position: sticky in CSS. position: stickyin CSSAchieving sticky positioning on the web was once a weighty process using JavaScript to detect scroll positions and switch styles. Now, we have position: sticky!
Using the CSS :has Pseudo‑Class. Using the CSS
:hasPseudo‑ClassThe :has CSS selector allows you to select a parent element based on whether it has a certain child or children. It's powerful but it has some limitations.
Spread Syntax in JavaScript (...). Spread Syntax in JavaScript (
...)In a nutshell, JavaScript spread syntax allows you to pass the elements of an iterable (for example an array), through to a function as individual elements.
The Safest Way to Test for NaN in JavaScript. The Safest Way to Test for
NaNin JavaScriptWhy equality, typeof and global isNaN() are unreliable JavaScript NaN checks, and when Number.isNaN() provides a safer modern alternative in practice.
When to Use var or let or const. When to Use
varorletorconstCompare var, let, and const in JavaScript, including scope, hoisting, reassignment, block behaviour, ES6 defaults, and when each declaration fits.
Local SEO is a Technical Problem Too. Local SEO is a Technical Problem Too
Local SEO is a technical problem too, covering crawlable content, structured pages, performance, metadata, internal links, and reliable local signals.